00:0213 years on Colin Tan is still searching for answers about his son's disappearance.
00:08There's not a day that goes past without us thinking about him.
00:11Martin Tan who was from the New South Wales town of Narrabri was in WA visiting family.
00:17He was last seen at Mullaloo Beach, his backpack left on the sand and never retrieved.
00:22The inquest heard from two witnesses who saw the 24 year old diver in the ocean
00:27with one recounting he swam to a boy.
00:30They also recounted strange dolphin behaviour that afternoon and some commotion seen 100 metres offshore.
00:37A shirt found on the beach 12 days after Mr Tan's disappearance was raised at the inquest.
00:43Shark expert Dr Rory McCauley from the Department of Fisheries said damage to the shirt was consistent with a shark
00:50attack.
00:50However, Mr Tan's parents said he wouldn't have been swimming with a shirt.
00:54At the end of the one day inquest, the acting state coroner Sarah Linton said the evidence satisfied her the
01:0024 year old died the day he disappeared.
01:03And a shark incident was a strong possibility.
01:06And whether the coroner suggests he's deceased or not, it's still ongoing.
01:11So if evidence comes up that might need investigating, they've got our DNA.
01:18Missing persons detective Jeremy Spivey told the court dreadlocked hair was found on Mullaloo Beach
01:24two months after Mr Tan went missing, but DNA testing was inconclusive.
01:29The inquest was told the hair is being retested due to advanced technology.
01:33Finder Hedl & pain
